During this Christmas Season, we are familiar with the story of the holy family, who fled a King who sought to take the life of their newborn son, Jesus. They were forced to leave their homeland, family and friends for their own safety. Sadly, many today live in similar circumstances Read more…
Our Pilgrimage of Peace delegation arrived in Tokyo Tuesday afternoon. Storms had flights literally at a standstill as we approached, requiring us to make lazy loops out over the Pacific, and again the standstill even after we landed. We finally checked in to the hotel around 5:00pm. We forced ourselves Read more…
St. Paul’s encouragement in today’s first reading gives us a remedy for all our social needs: Have the same attitude of Christ. Then he proceeds to outline those characteristics: Christ as Son of God did not deem equality with God as something to be grasped we are not God Read more…
Today we celebrate the core Mystery of faith, the Mystery of God who is One in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This is the Mystery of the Holy Trinity. God is a perfect communion of love. This Love that is God generates / creates all that exists. Every Read more…
Today’s readings seem quite substantial and instructive to cure what ails us as a society. (2 Peter 3 and the Gospel of Mark 12d:13-17) Jesus is the Word of God who come to earth and took on our human flesh. He revealed in his person the full potential of humanity Read more…
Our Easter Octave continues … In today’s Gospel, we continue reading the resurrection story from the Gospel of John. We learn that when the Risen Jesus appeared to Mary, she did not recognize him, but rather mistook him to be the gardener. Let’s take a closer look at both of Read more…
For the past several months, the bishops of Alaska have been discussing how we might best exercise our role as teachers. There are a growing number of social issues today that need to be addressed from a faith perspective, and yet require more than a ‘sound byte’ to adequately outline Read more…
As I prepare to leave southern Indiana behind once again to return to Anchorage, I wish to share some final thoughts about our family’s experience of accompanying Mom through her final days. Please bear with me for one final reflection. At the prayer service the night before Mom’s funeral, each Read more…
On Wednesday of this week, I had the delightful opportunity to meet and visit with a very inspirational woman, Carol Gore. Carol is the President / CEO of Cook Inlet Housing Authority (CIHA) in Anchorage. Carol shared with me her experience growing up as an Alaska Native of Aleut descent. Read more…
Installation Homily; Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe November 9, 2016; Archdiocese of Anchorage Archbishop Paul D. Etienne, DD, STL Good afternoon! Thank you for coming here to pray with us today! I wish to thank today Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States and representative of Our Read more…